Stephen Constantine, manager of India, says he turned down an approach to be Port Vale boss last year. The Londoner was believed to be in the running when owner Norman Smurthwaite considered candidates following Rob Page's departure at the end of the 2015/16 campaign.

Vale eventually appointed Bruno Ribeiro but Constantine says he was approached about the job. The claim is made in an interview with The Independent this week. The paper says Constantine 'rejected an approach from Port Vale last year for various reasons, including the fact that the League Two outfit had only seven contracted players.'

The 54-year-old is in his second spell in charge of India and has also managed Nepal, Malawi, Sudan and Rwanda as well as been first team coach at Millwall. Constantine holds the UEFA Pro-Licence and would like a crack at management in England but says he has to wait for the right opportunity. Talking about Port Vale on TalkSport this week, Constantine said: "I had something recently that I didn't think was right for me. I am only going to get one chance." Constantine's story is featured in his new book 'From Delhi to the Den.'

Look out for the latest editions of both Port Vale fanzines this weekend. Derek I'm Gutted!!! And The Vale Park Beano will both be on sale around the ground. The Vale Park Beano is celebrating its 20th anniversary issue and marks the occasion with an interview with Mark Bright.

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Thanks to Vale historian Phil Sherwin for getting in touch after debutants Michael Tonge and Antony Kay scored in Vale's 3-1 win at Crawley. Phil explains: "Last Saturday was the first time two debutants had scored in the same game for Vale since a 3-1 win at Luton Town in August 2008 when Louis Dodds and Rob Taylor scored.

"The thing is that was also our first game following relegation to League Two. Michael Brown won't want the co-incidences to carry on, our manager that day was Lee Sinnott who took over during the relegation season like Brown did but was sacked two months later!"